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Artwork by Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier depicting 1789's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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Campaign posters line the street promoting candidates for the 2012 election.
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Charles De Gaulle was President of France from 1959 to 1969.
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Citizens protest the election of Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007.
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François Hollande and Ségolène Royal at a political rally held by the Socialist Party for the 2007 parliamentary elections.
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François Hollande, newly elected Socialist President of France
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François Mitterrand served as President of France from 1981 to 1995.
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French ballot box used in the 2012 election
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Jacques Chirac served as President of France from 1995 to 2007.
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Léon Blum, the first Socialist leader of France, served as prime minister from 1936 to 1937.
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Logo of the Socialist Party in France
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Logo of the Union for a Popular Movement, the party of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy
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Marine Le Pen, candidate of the ultra-nationalist and populist National Front party in the 2012 presidential election.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France from 2007 to 2012, who earned derision and the nickname "bling-bling president" for his excesses.
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Official government logo of the French Republic
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Prise de la Bastille, by Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houel, depicts the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, a key event in the French Revolution.
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Scandal claimed the political career of the Socialist Party's Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
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Socialists celebrate victory in Bastille Square after the 2012 election.
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The Élysée Palace, official residence of the President of France
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Valéry Giscard d’Estaing served as President of France from 1974 to 1981.
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